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As a child, the artist loved to sneak into the strawberry farm next to his
home with a childhood friend when it was getting dark on late summer nights. This was a place of magic and life energy as
the stars above began to twinkle their light. The artist has sculpted rich pure pigment on canvas with painting knives to
express vibrant energy and the magic of our inner spirituality.
In Italian, Che Cosa e Vita, "What is Life" as the artist has chosen for
the title of this painting, is not a simplistic question but rather an existential meditation. The linear mathematical component
of Gimbolo paintings is not foremost in this work yet is evoked to express the dividing and imposing elements of our lives.
Rich color from his painting knife seems to beg his questions in each singular stroke upon the canvas.
Gimbolo has been called, a rising star in the world of fine arts in an evening
news feature story, and others already consider him a master of Abstract Expressionism. Felice Danza is another one of those
vivid and joyous paintings by Gimbolo that many love for its concentrated beauty, unaware that even here the geometry, which
gives an esoteric depth to nearly all his paintings, is indeed present. Throughout the painting, Gimbolo symbolically suggests
the concept of the duality of life with yin and yang types of linked images and repeatedly expresses the symbol for eternity.
The title means, "The Happy Dance", in Italian. The artist has said of this painting, "Its been a long, cold, lonely winter
of the soul as the Beatles have said in one of their songs, but now, the Sun is returning like a vision of discovering that
happiness can exist even in the midst of life's pain and suffering.
Le Passioni, "The Passions", means much more than simply the interplay of
the romantic and sexual passions of life. The artist has carefully softened the colors in this painting so as not to express
the expected statement of sexual passion but rather to suggest a deeper perspective that our passions in all their expressions
are a naturalistic expression of life and of being human. Our passion is not a sin and rather than being controlled and suppressed,
their needs must simply be directed to a healthy and positive expression.
Recently asked about this painting, the artist said, Luna Magia, Moon Magic
in Italian, is the magic of our mind and inner self. So much of what we are is beyond our understanding, but the true magic
of life and the universe is within us. Certainly not readily apparent, the linear and spatial mathematical component in nearly
all of his paintings emerges only upon deeper contemplation. It is as if one must reflect upon the painting and the symbolic
references of its linear forms and psychological color composition, as the light and magic of the moon itself is apparent
only as a reflection. Gimbolo believes that what makes abstract art profound rather than a senseless decoration, is this ability
to layer beauty upon beauty using color, line, form, and rhythm inviting the beholder to participate and be one with his art.
In Italian, the title means, the golden, and may be the beloved village,
city, or home treasured and loved from which we came or feel we belong. We all need to belong somewhere and to behold something
as golden.
La Risata means in Italian, "The Laugh" and the artist explains that, it
refers to that joyous, festive, and unrestrained expression reacting purely free and natural. Like a bright and colorful balloon
rising high above the strife and mundane shackles of our daily lives, follow your bliss! Gimbolo paintings are unique and
impressive for their vibrant beauty but the mathematical component, which often is present in his paintings, is totally absent
in this work. There are no deeper implications here. The light colors and energetic linear structure seeks only one simple
thing from us, and that is to laugh. Asked what his thoughts were when painting this work the artist said, In the midst of
the universe, the galaxies, the life upon this silly little planet, in space and time, a laugh. This painting is more of a
Zen meditation, for just as the Buddha once held up a flower as his teaching; the artist has simply given us a laugh.
Le Tempeste di Vita, in Italian, the title refers to The storms of life
and expresses the life current upon which we all endeavor to make our course to pursue dreams and desires. This current includes
physical, mental, and spiritual waves and brings us both greatness, and unavoidably broken dreams and strife and sorrows.
This painting is the first abstract work of the artist in his current style of using painting knives to create rich intensely
vibrant paintings.
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